Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | 12 OCT 1967 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 57-0467 |
| Numéro de série: | 3174 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1958 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Victimes au sol: | victimes: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Dak To (Vietnam) |
| Phase de vol: | Au décollage (TOF) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Dak To Airfield, Vietnam |
| Cam Ranh Airport (VVCR), Vietnam |
The C-130A Hercules transport plane hit a bulldozer that crossed the runway just as the airplane was taking off. The driver of the bulldozer was killed. The Hercules managed to get airborne and continued to Cam Ranh Bay where it landed safely. Damage to the airplane was deemed irreparable with the resources available.
Sources:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson
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Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
